index.js

/* 

All definitions from Dictionary.com
All synonyms from Thesaurus.com

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// You must give credit for that in your project if you use this code but don't install the module //
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Happy defining! 

*/
var req = require("request");
var cher = require("cheerio");
//var deasync = require("deasync")

function getDefUrl(termname) {
    return "http://www.dictionary.com/browse/" + termname.toLowerCase().replace(/[^a-z]/gi, "") + "?s=t";
}

function getSynonUrl(word) {
    return "http://www.thesaurus.com/browse/" + word.toLowerCase().replace(/[^a-z]/gi, "") + "?s=t";
}

exports.define = function returnDefObject(term) {
    var defstring;

    return new Promise(function (resolve) {
        var url = getDefUrl(term);
        req(url, function(error, resp, body) {
            defstring = cher.load(body)("#source-luna > div:nth-child(1) > section > div.source-data > div.def-list > section:nth-child(1)").text();
            
            var badArr = defstring.trim().replace(/\: \n(.+?)(?=\n)/g, "").replace(/\n/g, "").replace(/\r/g, "").replace(/  /gi, "").split(/\d\./gi);
            function stringIsBad(string) {
                return (string.substring(string.length - 2, string.length).substring(0, 1) === "." || string.substring(string.length - 2, string.length).substring(0, 1) === "?" || string.substring(string.length - 2, string.length).substring(0, 1) === "!") && isNaN(string.substring(string.length - 2, string.length).substring(1, 1)) === false;
            }
            for (var i = 0; i < badArr.length; i++) {
                if (stringIsBad(badArr[i]) === true) badArr[i] = badArr[i].substring(0, badArr[i].length - 1);
            }
            var defs = badArr;
            var defsobj = {};
            defsobj['type'] = defs[0];
            defsobj['definitions'] = [];
            for (var i = 1; i < defs.length; i++) {
                defsobj['definitions'].push(defs[i]);
            }
            return resolve(defsobj);
        });
    
    });
};

exports.synonyms = function synonyms(word) {
    var synstring;

    return new Promise(function (resolve) {
        req(getSynonUrl(word), function(error, resp, body) {
            synstring = cher.load(body)('#filters-0 > div.relevancy-block > div.relevancy-list').text();

            var updatedArray = [];
            var synarr = synstring.trim().replace(/star/g, "").replace(/  /g, "").replace(/         /g, " ").replace(/ /g, "SPACE+HERE").replace(/\n/g, " ").replace(/\r/g, " ").split(" ");
            for (var i = 0; i < synarr.length; i++) {
                if (!(synarr[i] === "SPACE+HERE" || synarr[i] === '')) {
                    updatedArray.push(synarr[i].replace(/SPACE\+HERE/g, " "));
                }
            }
            return resolve(updatedArray);
        });
    });
};